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...Professor K.F. Mather with a definition of a criminal. "A criminal," he said, "is one who has been convicted of violating a law of the land. It is a recognized fact that there are a great many laws which are violated every day. Some people are too good to obey the laws, or too thirsty. As a result of this constant violation it is hard to tell what is right and what is wrong." He went on to show that neither laws nor religions could determine right and wrong and proved his statements with forceful examples...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DARROW CONDEMNS OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IN TALK | 4/30/1927 | See Source »

...orthodox, bids us "desire not a multitude of unprofitable children". Equally frequent are the appeals of the Biblical story of Onan and to the teachings of St. Paul on the purpose of marriage, and neither of these references supports the contentions made. Onan was slain because he did not obey the Levirate Law commanding him to raise up seed to his brother. The purpose given by Paul in Chapter VII of the First Book of Corinthians for the institution of Christian marriage is to avoid promiscuity. Nothing whatever is said about procreation, therefore it certainly cannot be said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Birth Control Must Accompany Civilization's Further Advance | 4/27/1927 | See Source »

Like an extraordinary and super-legal bodyguard the Fascist Militia bristles round Signor Mussolini, a band of tried and loyal men, armed, and conscious that their one duty is to protect, obey and follow II Duce. Last week the code of this arch-Fascist volunteer corps was embodied into a "Decalogue for the Perfect Fascist Militia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Perfect Militiamen | 3/21/1927 | See Source »

...Russian Congress of "People's Committees" or "Soviets," composed of delegates from all over Russia, transferred its support from Kerensky and his Menshevik War party to Lenin and his Bolshevik peace-and-land faction. Bolshevik propaganda in the army and navy caused many of the troops to obey Lenin rather than Kerensky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Enter Kerensky | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

Marriage. This service is made more "elegant." References to "carnal lusts and appetites" and to "procreation" are expressed in less physiological terms. The word "obey" is deleted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Pale Green Book | 2/21/1927 | See Source »

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